Whole Life Doula Program
May
23
to May 23

Whole Life Doula Program

The Whole Life Doula Program is a 400 hour program that explores unique theories of relationships and communities as they are connected to Nature, the body and our human development. These theories support leaders in other fields, including medicine and social justice, and those trying to envision a more vital, sustainable future for humanity.

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The Nature Of Being Human
May
23
to May 27

The Nature Of Being Human

MAY 23,2024—MAY 27,2024

The Nature of Being Human is Unit 1 of Pilgrim SoULL - Year 1. This course offers a way for students to step into SoULL material without a full year commitment. In this course students are introduced to a language of human life that includes growth, aging and dying as we do a somatically-oriented overview of human development. Students learn to see spiritual, energetic and physical experience as deeply connected through the human life span and beyond. On its own, this course helps people reorient their ideas of life and death and know themselves as part of nature, not opposed to it. This radically reduces existential anxiety.

The Nature of Being Human is taught in small classes and, like all SoULL material, is both didactic, interactive and highly experiential. It is sometimes taught online (usually late winter) and sometimes in person (late spring in Wisconsin). Wherever we teach it, we support students in linking insights from this class to existing theories within somatic psychology, especially Neo-Reichian ideas.  However this material is powerful and completely accessible for people who are not therapists. Do not think that this course is only for professionals. Never fear. It is for any curious, open-minded adult.

Students are often interested in continuing to complete Units 2 and 3 of Pilgrim SoULL after taking this course. We hope you do this, and will accommodate as space allows in the class. However we encourage people to commit to the full program if they are able to.

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Free Q&A about Life and SoULL
Apr
18
7:00 PM19:00

Free Q&A about Life and SoULL

Been curious about SoULL or thinking about doing one of our programs? Have a life question that you just can't make sense of? We invite you to do a little "life learning" in this evening, bringing your own life questions forward in community. Or just...bring your questions about SoULL. We have answers, or at least we can deepen your curiosity.

7:00PM - 8:30PM CST

Link coming soon.

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Free Intro to SoULL for Men
Mar
17
9:30 AM09:30

Free Intro to SoULL for Men

In our time we are beginning to recognize the need to honor and nurture, not just Nature, but the deep cycles within life itself. We recognize that we need to engage new social forms, and leadership that is not based on domination and control. Yet where and how do we learn this, especially if you happen to be...Male? We have a few ideas and we would like to hear yours. Men, this gathering is for you. We would love to see you, hear your voices in SoULL, and imagine new forms of care and connectivity.

Note: Time shown is CST

Link coming soon.

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Free Q&A about Life and SoULL
Feb
15
7:00 PM19:00

Free Q&A about Life and SoULL

Been curious about SoULL, or thinking about doing one of our programs? Have a life question that you just can't make sense of? We invite you to do a little "life learning" in this evening, bringing your own life questions forward in community. Or just...bring your questions about SoULL. We have answers, or at least we can deepen your curiosity.

7:00PM - 8:30PM CST

Link coming soon.

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The Nature of Being Human ONLINE
Feb
3
to Mar 23

The Nature of Being Human ONLINE

The Nature of Being Human is Unit 1 of Pilgrim SoULL - Year 1.

WEEKLY FEB 3, 2024 - MARCH 23, 2024

We are proud to share this introductory SoULL program, which substantially improves the quality of people’s ordinary lives and expands pracitioners breadth of practice and stamina.

What do we do? In this course, students are introduced to a somatically-oriented overview of human development, and a language of human life that includes growth, aging and dying. Students learn to see spiritual, energetic and physical experience as deeply connected through the human life span and even beyond. On its own, this course helps people reorient their ideas of life and death and know themselves as part of nature, not opposed to it, which radically reduces existential anxiety. This course also offers a way for students to step into SoULL material without a full year committment.

The Nature of Being Human is taught in small classes and, like all SoULL material, is both didactic, interactive and highly experiential. However we teach it, we support students in linking insights from this class to existing theories within somatic psychology, especially mindfulness based practices and Neo-Reichian ideas.  However do not think that this course is only for professionals. This material is powerful and completely accessible for people who are not therapists. It is for any curious, open-minded adult. You can read more and apply here.

Students learn to see spiritual, energetic and physical experience as deeply connected through the human life span and even beyond. On its own, this course helps people reorient their ideas of life and death and know themselves as part of nature, not opposed to it, which radically reduces existential anxiety. This course also offers a way for students to step into SoULL material without a full year committment.

The Nature of Being Human is taught in small classes and, like all SoULL material, is both didactic, interactive and highly experiential. However we teach it, we support students in linking insights from this class to existing theories within somatic psychology, especially mindfulness based practices and Neo-Reichian ideas.  However do not think that this course is only for professionals. This material is powerful and completely accessible for people who are not therapists. It is for any curious, open-minded adult.

Students are often interested in continuing to complete Units 2 and 3 of Pilgrim SoULL after taking this course. We hope you do this, and we will accomodate as space allows in the class. However, we encourage people to commit to the full program from the start if they are able.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

  • Therapists and other professionals who want to better support their clients through their existential anxiety

  • Regular folks who struggle to feel connected to their purpose

  • People who want to free themselves from the fear of death and dying so they can live more fully

THE NATURE OF BEING HUMAN ONLINE

Curriculum includes 24 hours of learning about life:

  • 8 recorded lectures - Approximately 6 hours

  • 18 hours of unique and provocative in-class experiences, process and discussion.  

  • Moderated class platform discussions on Mighty Networks between

    classes.

Live sessions will take place on Saturday or Sunday mornings (U.S.). Exact times and lengths will be published closer to the start of the program. Most classes will be 1.5 to 4 hour sessions depending on content.    

Click here for more information on this online class

Interested in joining us, but need to talk to someone? Book a free call with a past student so that you can understand the profound impact our programming has on people!

APPLY HERE

https://www.soullcommunity.com/tnbh-online-dates

2024 SESSION DATES 

**Class times may be adjusted to accommodate student time zones*

Saturday February 3

Saturday February 10

Saturday February 24

Saturday March 16

Sunday March 17

Saturday March 23

Source:: https://www.soullcommunity.com/tnbh-online-dates

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Vitality and the Arc of Life: Free Intro to SoULL
Jan
13
9:30 AM09:30

Vitality and the Arc of Life: Free Intro to SoULL

What is vitality made of? Is it youth? Health? Sexuality? Or maybe there is more to the story. In this short intro we will bring forward a few of the key ideas from Pilgrim SoULL, and explore the impact that changing our "life versus death" views has on our bodies, as well as our care for others. We will discuss the how and the why of SoULL, and take your questions.

FREE

Note: Time shown is CST

Link Coming Soon

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Free Q&A about Life, Death, Grief and SoULL
Nov
14
7:00 PM19:00

Free Q&A about Life, Death, Grief and SoULL

Mark your calendars (time listed is CST) and sign up viz Zoom link.

Been curious about SoULL, or thinking about doing one of our programs? Have a life question that you just can't make sense of? We invite you to do a little "life learning" in this evening, bringing your own life questions forward in community. Or just...bring your questions about SoULL. We have answers, or at least we can deepen your curiosity.

Link coming soon.

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Special Workshop: Working with Illness with Jeanne Denney
Nov
11
10:00 AM10:00

Special Workshop: Working with Illness with Jeanne Denney

We tend to see illness in our time as strictly chemical, biological or structural, and often think it is something that someone else can fix. But of course it is also a deeply personal journey of healing, and we often look for meaning and personal empowerment when ill.

In SoULL we consider the body and energy systems as one, and learn how energy systems develop and hold consciousness. Adding this lens to the view of healing helps us begin to read illness like a poem, and give clues for how to guide and be with people who are ill, and our own illness. Illness tells a story. Together we will begin to learn to listen to it and let it guide and empower us.

Free and open to fully enrolled current students. Open to others for a fee of $125.

Times are EST

Registration Link

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvc-GupzkpG9G5wx6PVc2TYRCRMrjhCiGy

Payment can be made here: paypal.me/soullcommunity

Jeanne Denney is a somatic psychotherapist, educator, a hospice worker, healer and founder of the School of Unusual Life Learning (SoULL). Her work and experience has involved years at bedsides with the elderly and with children, in study and research, in contributing pioneering ideas to somatic psychology, in death and grief work, teaching, and years helping create and facilitate the Art of Dying projects in New York City.  

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